Edouard Mendy is the first African goalkeeper to win the UCL Goalkeeper of the Season award
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Reading Time: 1min | Thu. 26.08.21. | 22:17
Ngolo Kante is chosen to be the best midfielder. Chelsea and Africa with lots of reasons to be proud
There's one guy we would like to have a chat with this night more than ever. It is AS Cherbourg (a French fifth-tier side) coach who decided back in 2012 that Edouard Mendy is not good enough for them.
Yes, less than ten years ago, Mendy was written off from an unknown French slot.
Chelsea’s first Black Goalkeeper wins the UEFA golden glove in his first season. Congratulations Edouard Mendy pic.twitter.com/Rnj7hUWlUw
— KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) August 26, 2021
Today, he was named the Champions League's goalkeeper of the season! The 29-year-old Senegalese custodian is the first African keeper to earn such a reward.
However, he is not the only Chelsea player to be honoured today since Ngolo Kante was named the UCL midfielder of the season. Their tactician, Thomas Tuchel, deservedly won the UCL coach of the season award.
UEFA Goalkeeper of the year-Edouard Mendy
— STAN (@OBaStann) August 26, 2021
UEFA Midfielder of the year- NGolo Kante
UEFA Coach of the year-Thomas Tuchel
UEFA Player of the year-Jorginho
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you CHELSEA fOOTBALL CLUB!!!💙 pic.twitter.com/uwHbLnDmAR
Besides them, Manchester City's Ruben Dias and Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland are named the best defender and attacker, respectively.
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